What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

Asimov · « **Reply #6081 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 02:08 pm »

The Ray Brown Trio : Live At The Loa - Summer Wind

rockadanny · « **Reply #6082 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 02:29 pm »

rockadanny · « **Reply #6083 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 03:46 pm »

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6084 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 04:13 pm »

Danny, you must have Return to Forever's "Romantic Warrior", right? That's a bad mother . . shut yo mouth!

rockadanny · « **Reply #6085 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 04:22 pm »

I used to have it on vinyl. I recall when that came out, my freinds and I spun that disc nightly for weeks. We wore that sucker out!
I need to get that on CD (table and vinyl long gone

).
Thanks for the reminder bud!

rockadanny · « **Reply #6086 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 04:24 pm »

avahifi · « **Reply #6087 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 04:35 pm »

Right now a pristine copy of Brubeck in Amsterdam is playing. This was recorded live at the Concertgebouw way back in the 1962.

Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Gene Wright, and Joe Morello.

It sounds live! Strange that it has taken 50 years to come up with playback equipment that can get what the recording engineer and equipment put on it correctly.

Using my new moving coil phono preamp and a new set of Philharmonic Three speakers along with my best preamp and power amp.

Live is very good musically here right now.

Frank Van Alstine

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6088 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 05:44 pm »

Read somewhere that Yusef Lateef passed away. He had a long and very productive life and played two reed instruments and flute. Cannonball Adderly had multiple live date releases with brother, Nat, and Yusef on the Riverside label from the day. Still available, I think. I was in the third or so row one night at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco and two soul brothers sitting next to me were adamantly dismayed about Yusef wearing white sox. Now, these were floppy hat, silk shirt wearing brothers and I offered, "Maybe he's putting YOU on". Not another word was murmured. This group was recorded multiple times and had Joe Zawinul on keyboards.

rockadanny · « **Reply #6089 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 07:48 pm »

Brother Jim - you've inspired my next two selections:

Would love to get my hands on "Live at Pep's" CD, but way too darned expensive for me these days.

Anyone out there have it for possible trade?

rockadanny · « **Reply #6090 on:** 21 Jan 2014, 09:59 pm »

Miles Davis - Pangaea

Asimov · « **Reply #6091 on:** 22 Jan 2014, 02:07 pm »

Stan Getz : Another World

Asimov · « **Reply #6092 on:** 22 Jan 2014, 02:52 pm »

Stan Getz : At The Shrine

Asimov · « **Reply #6093 on:** 22 Jan 2014, 03:36 pm »

Hamp and Getz by Lionel Hampton, Stan Getz

Asimov · « **Reply #6094 on:** 22 Jan 2014, 04:26 pm »

Stefano di Battista : Stefano di Battista

ArthurDent · « **Reply #6095 on:** 22 Jan 2014, 06:22 pm »

Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here '95

rockadanny · « **Reply #6096 on:** 22 Jan 2014, 11:54 pm »

After a full day of blues music, I am ending it with this ECM gem, Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson, "Witchi-Tai-To"

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6097 on:** 23 Jan 2014, 12:29 am »

Quote from: rockadanny on 22 Jan 2014, 11:54 pm

After a full day of blues music, I am ending it with this ECM gem, Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson, "Witchi-Tai-To"

I'm rather fond of that one, Danny. In particular the 20 minute Desireless for Stenson's passionate and involving playing and the bassist and drummer are amazing players. Garbarek just tries too hard or something.

simoon · « **Reply #6098 on:** 23 Jan 2014, 01:12 am »

I listened to this last night -

Ursula Dudziak - Future Talk

Sometimes, for some unknown reason, I will not play an album for a long time. Then when I do, I wonder why it's been so long.

This is a real lesser known minor classic of the first fusion era. Not only does Ursula have a great voice, but she has a great feel for fusion. Very inventive, but still pretty accessible. There are no words in any of the songs, just great vocalizations and scat.

She is joined by her (then) husband on violin, Michael Urbaniak. Who is also one of the unheralded jazz musicians of the last few decades. A great Polish sax player, Zbignew Namyslovsky, US drummer, Buddy William, Kenny Kirkland on keys, John Abercrombie on guitar, Marcus Miller on bass, and others. It is an all star lineup.

Asimov · « **Reply #6099 on:** 23 Jan 2014, 01:55 am »

Thad Jones & Mel Lewis : Potpourri